Who appointed John Weld Peck II?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed John Weld Peck II to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1966.

Was John Weld Peck II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Weld Peck II was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Weld Peck II's confirmation vote?

John Weld Peck II was confirmed by voice vote on July 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Sixth Circuit / Appointed 1966 / Served to 1993

John Weld Peck II

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, John Weld Peck II was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1938. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1913–1993
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Miami, Ohio 1935 · University of Cincinnati College of Law 1938
Succeeded by: Nathaniel Raphael Jones

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1962	Southern District of Ohio	Kennedy (D)	Voice vote
1966	Sixth Circuit	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Miami University, Ohio	A.B.	1935
University of Cincinnati College of Law	J.D.	1938

Judicial Record

In our data, Peck authored 5 published opinions for the court (1963–1966). Most cited: Deal v. Cincinnati Board of Education (26 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1965	Deal v. Cincinnati Board of Education	244 F. Supp. 572	26
1966	Jacobs v. United States	280 F. Supp. 437	24
1966	Armco Steel Corporation v. United States	263 F. Supp. 749	7
1963	Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. United States	220 F. Supp. 46	7
1965	Utzinger v. United States	246 F. Supp. 1022	6

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed John Weld Peck II?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed John Weld Peck II to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1966.
Was John Weld Peck II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Weld Peck II was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Weld Peck II's confirmation vote?: John Weld Peck II was confirmed by voice vote on July 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Weld Peck II on?: John Weld Peck II was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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27 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).